Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for City of London Corporation. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
1,476 approved · 4 refused · 42 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 4 Oct 2021 to 16 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
14-21 Holborn Viaduct 32-33 & 34-35 Farringdon Street London EC1A 2AT
Received 30 Jul 2026Unit 3 1 Liverpool Street London
Received 30 Jul 2026Atlas House 1 - 7 King Street London EC2V 8AU
Received 30 Jul 202647-50 Mark Lane London EC3R 5AS
Received 30 Jul 20261 - 14 Liverpool Street And 11 - 12 Blomfield Street London EC2M 7AW
Received 30 Jul 2026Albert Buildings 49 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4SA
Received 30 Jul 202681 Newgate Street London EC1A 7HQ
Received 30 Jul 20266 - 11 Crescent London
Received 30 Jul 202666 Shoe Lane London EC4A 3BQ
Received 31 Jul 2026Albert Buildings 49 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4SA
Received 31 Jul 2026Staple Inn Buildings North And South & The Hall, Staple Inn, 335 & 336 High Holborn London WC1V 7PZ
Received 31 Jul 202670 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 4BR
Received 31 Jul 202670 Fenchurch Street London EC3M 4BR
Received 31 Jul 202660 Queen Victoria Street London EC4N 4TZ
Received 31 Jul 202630 - 34 Moorgate London EC2R 6DA
Received 31 Jul 202614-21 Holborn Viaduct 32-33 & 34-35 Farringdon Street London EC1A 2AT
Received 31 Jul 2026Park House 16 Finsbury Circus London EC2M 7EB
Received 31 Jul 2026319-325 High Holborn (Heron House), 326-332 High Holborn And 26 Southampton Buildings (Holborn Gate), And 44 Southampton Buildings, WC1 And WC2
Received 3 Aug 2026100 Bishopsgate London EC2N 4AA
Received 3 Aug 2026200 Aldersgate Street London EC1A 4HD
Received 3 Aug 202610 - 16 Bevis Marks London EC3A 7LH
Received 3 Aug 202625 Hosier Lane London EC1A 9LQ
Received 3 Aug 2026Evermore 128 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4BJ
Received 3 Aug 202648 - 54 Moorgate London EC2R 6EJ
Received 3 Aug 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for City of London Corporation, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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